Panegyrics
Definition: a formal speech or document in praise of something
The source is from an ancient Greek word meaning something like: “large assembly to honor a god.”
Why I Looked It Up
In Stalin’s Library:
Stalin was too intelligent and self-aware to believe the panegyrics of his own personality cult.
Update
Added on
From Spam: A Shadow History of the Internet:
This description is obviously ludicrous, a panegyric of pure function, while still being true.